Plant Pass recognises the diversity among New Zealand plant producers
How Plant Pass works
Plant Pass is a single system recognising and managing the complexity and diversity among plant producers.
It provides a framework for end-to-end risk management from nursery inputs, through production, to plant buyers and their environments.
The scheme’s toolbox, core standard and checklist increases plant producer responsiveness to pest threats before nursery stock is distributed to customers.
The Plant Pass framework strengthens traceability, nursery hygiene measures and pest risk management. Audits are undertaken to assess risk management practices before nurseries become Plant Pass certified.
Plant Pass establishes certified plant producers as trusted suppliers.
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The Plant Pass Process
Plant Pass structure
Core (generic) standard and checklist
The Plant Pass core standard covers hazards common across a wide range of nurseries and the measures and guidance to manage them.
Key elements include training, hygiene, crop protection, monitoring and traceability.
Specific modules
Plant Pass has specific modules for Phytophthora, kauri dieback disease and myrtle rust.
The modules specify additional treatments, monitoring, reporting and testing.
Other modules may be developed in the future.
Applicable to all plant producers
Plant Pass is for all nurseries: large, small, commercial, community, iwi, container, covered, in-ground.
It is scalable and adaptable: where the risks are low, nursery biosecurity systems do not need to be complex.